bear on

Verb

Meaning

have an effect upon

press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action

be relevant to

keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

bear upon continue refer impact affect concern preserve push touch relate uphold pertain have to do with interest press
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Antonyms

bull budge cinch avoid journey resolve
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Hypernyms

change keep hold press maintain alter

Hyponyms

center work process subject influence interest

Examples

The data that can bear on the confirmation of perceptual hypotheses includes, in the general case, considerably less than the organism may know. Jerry Fodor

We believed that growth through Local Government, and perhaps through some special machinery for bringing the wishes and influence of women of all classes to bear on Parliament, other than the Parliamentary vote, was the real line of progress. Mary Augusta Ward

For me, the moral difficulties lie in the continual pressure brought to bear on my friends and immediate family, pressure which is not directed against me personally but which at the same time is all around me. Andrei Sakharov

The Senator from Massachusetts has given us ample grounds to doubt the judgment and the attitude he brings to bear on vital issues of national security. Dick Cheney

No anguish I have had to bear on your account has been too heavy a price to pay for the new life into which I have entered in loving you. George Eliot

In the strange heat all litigation brings to bear on things, the very process of litigation fosters the most profound misunderstandings in the world. Renata Adler

Close letter words and terms

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